Notebook clamp



Dec. 5, 1950 R. M. FAULKNER 2,532,487

. NOTE BOOK CLAMP Filed July 26, 1948 rga czfwm. BY

Patented Dec. 5, 1950 NOTEBOOK CLAMP Roy M. Faulkner, Chicago, 111.,assignor to Wilson-Jones Company, Chicago, 111., a corporation ofMassachusetts Application July 26, 1948, Serial No. 40,670

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a note book clamp, particularly to a clampadapted to hold the stiff covers of a note book in angular relationshipso as to support the note book in standing position.

Although the clamp of the present invention is specifically described inconnection with a stenographers note book it may also be advantageouslyused with any stiff covered note book that the user wants to support inan upright position.

It is an object of my invention to provide a simple and inexpensiveclamp that may be easily and quickly applied to or removed from thecovers of a note book. It is a further object to provide a clamp thatwill securely hold the covers of a note book in spaced angularrelationship. Other objects of the invention will become apparent uponreading the following description, in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a note book with the clamp applied tocorresponding edges of the note book covers;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the note book shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of the clamp;

Figure 4 is across sectional view taken along the line 4-4 of Figure 2;and

Figure 5 is a cross sectional view taken alon the line 5-5 of Figure 2.

In the drawing, the reference numerals 2 and 3 designate a pair of notebook covers. The covers and a plurality of sheets :3 are bound togetherat one end by a wire binding 5. The sheets and covers can be stitchedtogether, or secured in any other suitable manner. The only essentialcharacteristic of the note book, so far as the present invention isconcerned, is that the covers must be stiff enough to support the weightof the sheets and the binding when the note book is stood in uprightposition as shown in Figures 1 and 2.

The clamp comprises a flat strip of resilient sheet metal bent to form aweb 6 having its lower edge 1 longer than its upper edge 8. Each end ofthe metal strip is bent at approximately right angles along the lines 9and I0 formin the ends of the web 6 to form end walls H and l2.- Theextreme ends of the strip are then bent back upon themselves to formears l3 and M. The lines upon which the ears i3 and [4 are bent arepreferably parallel to the lines 9 and H). The ears l3 and I4 are spacedslightly from end walls H and i2 and are curved inwardly, as indicatedat E5, to provide a positive clamping action against the edges of thenote book covers, and then outwardly, as indicated at It, to facilitateapplication of the clamp to the note book covers. The ears I3 and I4 Theclamp is removed from the note book, by-

pulling it laterally from the covers, when the stenographer wants totake notes or to lay the note book in her desk. When she wants totranscribe the notes she simply presses the clamp inwardly with onecover between car 13 and end wall ll and the other cover between ear Mand end wall I2. The clamp is held frictionally with sufficient forcethat it will not be accidentally disengaged from either cover. The notebook may then be stood on the bottom edges of the covers, as shown inFigure 2, and the sheets may be freely turned without effecting theposition of the clamp. The angular relationship of the opposite ends ofthe clamp will conform generally to the angular relationship betweencovers 2 and 3 when the note book is in its upright position. The degreeof angularity between the covers will depend upon the length of web 5and the distance between the binding end of the note book and the clamp.

Although I have described a preferred embodiment of my invention inconsiderable detail, it will be understood that the description isintended to be illustrative, rather than restrictive, as many detailsmay be modified or changed without departing from the spirit or scope ofmy invention. Accordingly, I do not desire to be restricted to the exactstructure described, except as limited by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A note book clamp comprising a resilient flat metal strip bent ateach end along lines converg ing upwardly to form a pair of end walls,and bent again in reverse direction to form ears spaced outwardly ofsaid end walls.

2. A note book clamp comprising a web shorter at its upper edge than atits lower edge, a pair of end walls extending at approximately rightangles to opposite ends of said web, and a pair of ears spaced from endwalls and adapted to cooperate with said end walls to clamp the coversof a note book.

3. A note book clamp comprising a flat web of resilient metal, the upperedge of said web being shorter than its lower edge, the resilient metal3 4 being bent at each end of said web along converg- UNITED STATESPATENTS ing lines to form end walls and then bent along Number Name Datelines parallel to said first lines of bending to form 567 221 Cook Sept8 1896 ears spaced outwardly of said end Walls. 7333763 Boden I pt. 15,1902 ROY FAULKNER- 5 59,405 Traher May 24, 1910 1,194,016 Harford Aug.8, 1916 REFERENCES CITED 1,321,592 Brown 1 Nov. 11 1919 The followingreferences are of record in the 1,811,124 Greeley June 23, 1931 file ofthis patent: 2,443,216 Larsen June 15, 1948

